“I’m proud of our team for beating a good basketball team,” Fox said. “Oakland is probably as good as an offensive team we thought coming in as we have seen in a long time. . We had a hard time guarding them.”

Felder, who entered 11th in the nation in scoring at 23.6 points, finished with 23.

“I feel like we played pretty good,” Hayes said. “I’m at a loss for words. I feel like we should have won that game. My mind is in all sorts of places. I just wish we could’ve come out on top.”

Edwards hit two straight layups to key a 9-0 run that gave the Bulldogs a 74-70 lead with 6:40 remaining. Gaines capped the run with a 3-pointer, one of Georgia’s seven in the game.

Oakland took a 77-76 lead, but Maten hit a jumper for an 78-77 advantage with 2:28 left.

Georgia hit its final six free-throw attempts.

“For us, to finish at the line 6-for-6, that’s a big boost,” Frazier said.

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TIP-INS

Oakland’s Kay Felder entered the game leading Division I with 10.8 assists a game, but had five.

Georgia’s Gaines has a combined 35 points in three games since setting his career high with 35 in a win over Murray State on Nov. 20.

BOMBS AWAY

Hooper hit two of his seven 3-pointers in the final six minutes, but missed a shot that would have given Oakland the lead with 24.3 seconds left.

The seven 3-pointers tied his career high.

CONSISTENCY

Oakland entered 14th in the nation with free-throw shooting at 78.4 percent.

The Golden Grizzlies improved that average by going 17 of 21 from the line (81 percent) against Georgia.

COURT AWARENESS

Georgia committed two shot-clock violations.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT

″(Maten’s) good. That’s all I can (say). He works hard and God had blessed him with a talent. He’s unselfish. We always say the game is fair and the way he works and how unselfish he is, the game is being fair to him.” -- Frazier